East Hodge is a village in
Jackson Parish
Jackson Parish (French: ''Paroisse de Jackson'') is a parish in the northern part of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 15,031. The parish seat is Jonesboro. The parish was formed in 1845 from parts of Clai ...
,
Louisiana, United States. The population was 289 at the
2010 census,
down from 366 at the
2000 census. It is part of the
Ruston Ruston may refer to:
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Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
East Hodge is located in southwestern Jackson Parish at (32.277046, -92.714955).
It is bordered to the west by
Hodge and to the northwest by
North Hodge.
U.S. Route 167
U.S. Route 167 runs for from Ash Flat, Arkansas at U.S. Route 62/US Route 412 to Abbeville, Louisiana at Louisiana Highway 14. It goes through the cities of Little Rock, Arkansas, Alexandria, Louisiana, and Lafayette, Louisiana.
Some of the high ...
, running through Hodge and North Hodge, leads north to
Quitman and south to
Jonesboro.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, East Hodge has a total area of , of which , or 0.12%, are water. The village sits on high ground between the
Dugdemona River The Dugdemona River (pronounced ''dug-duh-mona'') is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed June 3, 2011 tributary of the Little River in north-central Louisiana in the United ...
to the northwest and the Little Dugdemona River to the south.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 366 people, 135 households, and 100 families residing in the village. The population density was . There were 157 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the village was 4.64%
White, 95.08%
African American, and 0.27%
Native American.
There were 135 households, out of which 39.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 29.6% were
married couples
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognized union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children, and between t ...
living together, 43.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.2% were non-families. 24.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.22.
In the village, the population was spread out, with 37.4% under the age of 18, 9.3% from 18 to 24, 21.3% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females, there were 71.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 63.6 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $11,786, and the median income for a family was $14,432. Males had a median income of $25,250 versus $12,159 for females. The
per capita income for the village was $7,616. About 46.6% of families and 51.1% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 66.4% of those under age 18 and 37.0% of those age 65 or over.
References
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Villages in Jackson Parish, Louisiana
Villages in Louisiana
Villages in Ruston, Louisiana micropolitan area